. The road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the marvelous land of Oz . The Road to Oz Oh, we all know something, my child, or we should ntbe donkeys, asserted the grey one, with dignity. The worddonkey means clever, you know. I did nt know it, she replied. I thought it meantstupid. Not at all, my child. If you will look in the Encyclo-pedia Donkaniara you will find I m correct. But come; Iwill myself lead you before our splendid, exalted, and mostin
. The road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the marvelous land of Oz . The Road to Oz Oh, we all know something, my child, or we should ntbe donkeys, asserted the grey one, with dignity. The worddonkey means clever, you know. I did nt know it, she replied. I thought it meantstupid. Not at all, my child. If you will look in the Encyclo-pedia Donkaniara you will find I m correct. But come; Iwill myself lead you before our splendid, exalted, and mostintellectual ruler. All donkeys love big words, so it is no wonder the greyone used so many of THEY found the houses of the town all low and square andbuilt of bricks, neatly whitewashed inside and out. Thehouses were not set in rows, forming regular streets, butplaced here and there in a haphazard manner which made itpuzzling for a stranger to find his way. Stupid people must have streets and numbered housesin their cities, to guide them where to go, observed the greydonkey, as he walked before the visitors on his hind legs, inan awkward but comical manner; but clever donkeys knowtheir way about without such absurd marks. Moreover, amixed city is much prettier than one with straight streets. 77 The Road to Oz Dorothy did not agree with this, but she said nothing tocontradict it. Presently she saw a sign on a house that read:Madam de Fayke, Hoonst, and she asked their conductor: What s a hoonst, please? One who reads your fortune in your hoofs, replied thegrey donkey. Oh, I see, said the little girl. You are quite civilizedhere. Dunkiton, he replied, is the center of the worlds
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